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Echo Lacombe excited to launch food rescue program
A group that seeks to improve the quality of life in Lacombe is taking on an ambitious project to start a food rescue program in the community."It's a relatively new concept gaining momentum across th...
Jun 24, 2021

Red Deer Mounties make significant drug seizure
Red Deer RCMP have made a significant drug seizure in the city leading to charges against four people. On May 21 on the heels of a months-long drug trafficking investigation, Mounties executed a searc...
Jun 24, 2021

Expansion Seattle Kraken hire Dave Hakstol as first coach
SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Kraken hired Dave Hakstol on Thursday as head coach of the expansion franchise that will begin play this fall. Hakstol will take on the challenge of leading the first-year o...
Jun 24, 2021

Veteran Ticats defensive back Courtney Stephen retires after eight years in the CFL
HAMILTON - Veteran defensive back Courtney Stephen is calling it a career. The 31-year-old announced his CFL retirement Thursday. Stephen, of Brampton, Ont., played eight CFL seasons with the Hamilton...
Jun 24, 2021

Energy-efficient floodwater system installed at Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex
The City of Lacombe has taken steps to reduce operating costs and its environmental footprint at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex.City officials have announced the recent purchase and installation o...
Jun 24, 2021

New York court suspends Rudy Giuliani's law license
NEW YORK (AP) - An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in the presidential...
Jun 24, 2021

'Reckless acts and omissions' by Iran caused deadly Flight 752 crash: report
OTTAWA - The summary of a forensic report from the Canadian government says a "series of reckless acts and omissions" by Iranian authorities resulted in the fatal downing of a passenger jet in January...
Jun 24, 2021

Track & field athletes aim for spot on Tokyo team at trials that almost didn't happen
Between travel restrictions, quarantine requirements and a competition schedule drastically altered by COVID-19, Canada's track and field athletes have faced massive hurdles on the road to Tokyo. For ...
Jun 24, 2021

Feds have funding flexibility for housing projects facing rising costs, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of boosting the stock of affordable housing says the government can loosen its usually strict rules to help groups manage rising costs for construction material...
Jun 24, 2021

Miami-area condo collapses; 1 dead; rescue mission underway
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The sea-view side of a beachfront condo tower collapsed in the Miami-area town of Surfside early Thursday morning, killing at least one, trapping residents in rubble and twisted ...
Jun 24, 2021